I agree, Kimi is that good and Jenson was very lucky Ferrari and McLaren were caught off gaurd. If someone were to offer me 20Mil to walk away from Schumacher, I'd do it in a heart beat, but, afterall, isn't that why Kimi left?

The sliver and red cars were off the pace from the start and gave Jens his big lead. Jens is a good driver but not the quality of Kimi. Brawn should pay Jens and keep him at least for another year to see if he can do it again.

if the season was any longer Jenson may not have won. Kimi got screwed by ferrari. no further development. look at what development did for McLaren.

I doubt Kimi's stock has dropped as everyone is aware of the turd he was driving. Ferrari is scrambling for now. What is Kimi worth? Whatever he can get. Obviously. This is a non-story.

Oh alandon, you are so right. I also read the story the same way subgrav did. When I finally finished the useless piece of drivel I just had this 'duh' look on my face.

Kimi stock has not dropped and I also don't buy it when people have said his demands are arrogant. Kimi sees what's going on in F1, he has other interests, he has had a WDC, and he doesn't like the media circus of F1. Why shouldn't he make a demand and decide to race only if those demands are met? When people don't need to do something, but enjoy it they don't want to do it if there are any negatives involved.

I don't know Kimi. I don't know what his goals, motives, and desires are. But I think that he's in an enviable position. He has the freedom to walk away from F1 anytime he wants to. Other drivers probably have a psychological "need" to do what they do, but Kimi, I believe, does it not because he needs to but because he wants to. He therefore can ask for as much money as he wants and the working conditions that he wants. If no one is willing to meet his requirements, no big deal--he'll just go and do something else. He has that freedom.

Kimi will take a pay cut to be on the best team it up to kimi and him only to say!

He didn't do much tell half way into the season.. Mclaren can have him. He was so awesome there right? pfft.

That may be so, but he continued to perform in the "red sled" unimproved, yet Hamilton only came alive after they made improvements to the car. I'm not taking anything away from Hamilton, but considering the car he had Kimi drove the bejeezus out of it.

even tho I'm not a Kimi fan, he still BLASTED away his teammate(s) after Massa's injury... his stock would be far higher had that not happened to FM and there was something better in the latter half of the year to compare too...